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How to pronounce “sadism”
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Pronunciation guide for sadism
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of sadism with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 2 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Steven Pinker and Rebecca Newberger Goldstein: The long reach of reason 15 minutes
like greed, tribalism, revenge, dominance, sadism.
- Definition summary
- (chiefly psychiatry) The enjoyment of inflicting pain or humiliation without pity.
Example 1 of 2
How to pronounce sadism
Steven Pinker and Rebecca Newberger Goldstein: The long reach of reason 15 minutes

like greed, tribalism, revenge, dominance, sadism.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “sadism”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (chiefly psychiatry) The enjoyment of inflicting pain or humiliation without pity.
- Achievement of sexual gratification by inflicting pain or humiliation on others, or watching pain or humiliation inflicted on others.
- (loosely) Deliberate or wanton cruelty, either mental or physical, to other people, or to animals, regardless of whether for (sexual) gratification.
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